This paper analyses the capacity of the Czech Republic’s social partners to effectively engage in social dialogue at various levels. The paper forms part of a wider, comparative project, managed by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Ireland) and the Work
Green cards for foreign workers from various countries – with the Ministry of the Interior (Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky, MVČR [1]) being able to exclude certain ‘risk’ regions such as states with dictatorial regimes – should ensure enough employees for the growing Czech economy from the
Since its inception, Act No. 262/2006 of the Collection of Laws – the Czech Republic’s Labour Code – has been a controversial piece of legislation. The act was adopted by the Czech parliament in 2006, despite the objections of the President of the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus (*CZ0605029I* [1]). In
Article 2 of the 2002 European framework agreement on telework (107Kb PDF) [1] has defined telework [2] as follows: [1] http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/social_dialogue/docs/300_20020716_agreement_telework_en.pdf [2] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/industrial-relations
The Czech Metalworkers’ Federation OS KOVO [1] (Odborový svaz KOVO, OS KOVO [2]) completed preparations for the 2007 collective bargaining [3] round in compliance with the approved strategy and timetable. The preparation also included meetings with the chairpersons of company trade unions [4] in
Representatives of trade unions and employers agreed on 15 amendments to the Labour Code and one amendment to the civic court rule. These amendments should replace or eliminate questionable provisions which currently create complications for both employees and employers. The joint proposals put
At the fifth congress of the Building Workers Trade Union of the Czech Republic (Odborový svaz Stavba ČR, OS Stavba [1]) held on 9–10 February 2007, a summary of the progress achieved in the period since the last congress in 2003 was presented by OS Stavba Chair Stanislav Antoniv. Mr Antoniv
On 27 February 2007, the first public protest of members of the security forces took place at Prague’s Výstaviště exhibition grounds. The Czech News Agency (Česká tisková kancelář, ČTK [1]) estimates that up to 2,000 police officers, firefighters and other members of the security forces took part in
The largest automobile manufacturer in the Czech Republic, Škoda Auto [1], plans to increase the base wages of all employees by 6.1% from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2009 and to provide a one-off bonus for 2007, amounting to CZK 8,000 (about €285 as at 23 April 2007). However, in subsequent meetings
The boundaries between dependent employment and self-employment have increasingly become blurred in some sectors in recent years, in a context of changing labour markets and the spread of practices such as outsourcing and contracting-out. This process has led to a growing interest in ‘economically
The pilot project on ‘Selection of qualified foreign workers’ is organised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic (Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí ČR, MPSV ČR [1]) in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí ČR, MZV ČR [2]) and